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The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Marshall Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Marshall Area YMCA. Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. SW MN Arts Council Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Lyon County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. Lyon St., Marshall. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours, 10 ...

New at the Library

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Abbott, Megan. El Dorado Drive Clipston, Amy. Second Chance at Sunshine Inn Flowers, Ashley. The Missing Half Preston, Douglas & Child, Lincoln. Badlands (Nora Kelly #5) Thor, Brad. Edge of Honor (Scot Harvath #24) Ware, Ruth. The Woman in Suite 11 (Lo Blacklock #2) LARGE PRINT NON-FICTION Perry, Imani. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation [975 PER] Wiseman, Beth. Writing about the Amish [814.54 WIS] Minnesota non-fiction King, Frank A. The Missabe Road: The ...

Caught between sisters

Dear Annie: I am caught in a very difficult family situation. I have twin sisters-in-law, Tricia and Tanya, who have not spoken to each other in more than 25 years. To complicate things further, Tanya and her mother have also been estranged for 24 years. I’ve managed to maintain good relationships with both sisters, but things have come to a head. Their mother, whom I have personally cared for over the past five years with no help from anyone else, has just been admitted to a nursing home. Her dementia is worsening, and I believe this will be where she spends the rest of her ...

Delivery men steal medication

Dear Heloise: I recently had a new sofa delivered to my home, and the two men who delivered the item were rather young. One fellow asked if he could use my restroom, and I told him that he couldn’t use it but that there was a fast food place at the end of the street. They have clean restrooms there. He wasn’t happy and threw the paperwork at me as he left. So, why did I say “no”? About four months ago, we had a new dishwasher delivered and installed, and the guys asked if they could use the restroom. Foolishly, I said “yes.” They stole medication that my husband uses and ...

Gaul to present on the KKK in southwest Minnesota in the 1920s

Anita Talsma Gaul will present on “The (Not So) Invisible Empire: The KKK in Southwest Minnesota in the 1920s” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Lyon County Museum, 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall. The 1920s was a period of rapid change, causing many Americans to feel a sense of nostalgia and fear —nostalgia for an idealized, simpler past and fear that America was in a state of moral decline. This prompted the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, particularly in the Upper Midwest. Klan activity in southwest Minnesota began in 1922, peaked in 1924, and virtually disappeared by 1927. Dozens of ...

Regional Calendar

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. TOPS# 1373 (take off pounds sensibly), 8-9 a.m., 82 W Main Street Cottonwood. For questions call 507-828-0944. SW MN Arts Council Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Lyon County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. ...